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obama care was signed into law 1,000256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your deputy administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago right where you're sitting that and this i quote, cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently, simply, and securely end quote. yet, according to forbes, and "the wall street journal," you told them that you need five years of construction and one year of testing. the program has crashed and burned at least three times. and the user is still having problems. get up here, ma'am. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. system is down at this moment. my question, ma'am, is very simple. when did you know the exchanges were going down, a month, a day, a quarter and did you tell the president what you knew? >> sir, i was informed that we were ready to launch on october 1st. the contractors who we had as our private partners
obama care was signed into law 1,000256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your deputy administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago right where you're sitting that and this i quote, cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently, simply, and securely end quote. yet, according to forbes, and "the wall street...
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obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your deputy administrator for consumer information gary cohen testified one month ago right where you're sitting that, and this i quote, cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently, simply, and securely, end quote. yet, according to "forbes" and "the wall street journal," you told them that you needed five years of construction and one year of testing. the program has crashed and burned at least three times. the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down at this moment. my question, ma'am, is very simple. when did you know these changes were going down, a month, a day a quarter? and did you tell the president what you knew? >> sir, i was informed that we were ready to launch on october 1st. the contractors who we had as our private partners told us and told
obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your deputy administrator for consumer information gary cohen testified one month ago right where you're sitting that, and this i quote, cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently, simply, and securely, end quote. yet, according to "forbes" and "the wall street...
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this fight over obama care is big. the problem for second term presidents, we saw this with the president i worked for, the problem for those presidents is that as their poll numbers go down, it is harsh for them to have political victories all across the staits. if he can't get this obama care problem fixed. >> i think obama care problem, again, i think the roll out of the web siet has been a disaster. i think it's a temporary probable. obama's numbers have been lower in the past. i think -- again, i think republicans are exaggerating and overplaying their hand on the health care issue. in terms of the question about the polarization, yes, there's no question. there's incredible polarization over everything. notice we don't really talk much about jobs today or the president's proposal to get the country moving again on a more vigorous jo shs plan. they lost the debate badly on the government shutdown. as i say, the poll numbers, any honest reading, shows that the repbly cans are not winning the debate. >> let me be cl
this fight over obama care is big. the problem for second term presidents, we saw this with the president i worked for, the problem for those presidents is that as their poll numbers go down, it is harsh for them to have political victories all across the staits. if he can't get this obama care problem fixed. >> i think obama care problem, again, i think the roll out of the web siet has been a disaster. i think it's a temporary probable. obama's numbers have been lower in the past. i...
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the accounts of how obama care has ruined my life. you got into the details of it to discover that they really were not well versed in what obama care actually meant to them. i have been looking at every one of these how obama care hurts me stories. i probably haven't seen them all but eric, i haven't seen one that doesn't have a perfectly reasonable explanation nor the story that the people are telling. have you found what you would call real, you know, negative outcomes for people under obama care? >> no, i haven't. the six people that hannity had on his show was a total set up and fraud. i have called others in media and no, there is always an explanation that you didn't hear when they were on fox news or whatever right wing outlet they were on. it's really unfortunate. and you know, i think what e.j. just said, he's right on the money. somebody once said lead, follow, or get out of the way. republicans are in the way. that's all they have done is get in the way and they need to get out of the way right now. >> let's listen more to
the accounts of how obama care has ruined my life. you got into the details of it to discover that they really were not well versed in what obama care actually meant to them. i have been looking at every one of these how obama care hurts me stories. i probably haven't seen them all but eric, i haven't seen one that doesn't have a perfectly reasonable explanation nor the story that the people are telling. have you found what you would call real, you know, negative outcomes for people under obama...
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obama care rollout is not the only problem president obama is dealing with. the revelation of spying on our closest allies and out reach to syria and iran. andrea mitchell is here, our chief foreign affairs correspondent. >> we are facing growing outrage with foreign leaders facing u.s. policy and the outrage that we've been spying on them. a new report that the u.s. has been spying on the german leader for more than a decade. president obama is now apologizing to his closest foreign friends as the nsa leak story gets too close for comfort. word from edward snowden that the u.s. has eavesdropped on frenchmen, even on angela merkel's cell phone. a furious merkel called president obama to complain. >> the president spoke to angela merkel, reassured her that the president is not and will not monitor the chancellor's communications. >> reporter: but the white house did not deny that it had happened. >> is not monitoring, will not monitor. i think you're missing a tense there. you've got your president progressive there, you got your simple future, but you're miss
obama care rollout is not the only problem president obama is dealing with. the revelation of spying on our closest allies and out reach to syria and iran. andrea mitchell is here, our chief foreign affairs correspondent. >> we are facing growing outrage with foreign leaders facing u.s. policy and the outrage that we've been spying on them. a new report that the u.s. has been spying on the german leader for more than a decade. president obama is now apologizing to his closest foreign...
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>> we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> don't vote against your own interests. >> there is a certain amount of pushback that needs to happen, because of tea party activities. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> ahh! >> want to go back, you want to say you are no longer covered any longer. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. >> we're voting against cuccinelli for the governor's position. >> i want synchro nicety in government. ken cuccinelli is not supportive of our president's agenda. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginia virginians. >> nobody likes a cry baby. >> everything they're talking about, it's about undoing the progress. >> grind progress to an absolute halt. >> it's about undoing the progress that the vast majority of the american people think was progress. >> now, we didn't get universal health care, we didn't get the public option. but we got some good things. we moved forward. >> it is the working man's friend, and
>> we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> don't vote against your own interests. >> there is a certain amount of pushback that needs to happen, because of tea party activities. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> ahh! >> want to go back, you want to say you are no longer covered any longer. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. >> we're voting against cuccinelli for the governor's position....
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we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i'd like to send him back to kenya, back to indonesia. >> according to the senior cruz, president obama is a marxist. let's watch this. >> we have to unmask this man. this is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of god. i tell you what. this is classical marxist philosophy. karl marx very clearly said it. marxism requires we destroy god because government must become god. >> senator cruz's office told mother jones quote, pastor cruz does not speak for the senator. but in fact he often does as a surrogate put out by his son. rafael cruz is just more than a senator's father as the national review put it ted cruz has used him as a confidant, a stand-in, and a special envoy. he has sway in his son's inner circle that makes him a power broker. he uses his father for the kind of guidance you'd expect from a consultant. as ted cruz boasted to the magazine, quote, my dad poured himself into my senate race last year in the early months. one day i couldn't make an event so he drove out to we
we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i'd like to send him back to kenya, back to indonesia. >> according to the senior cruz, president obama is a marxist. let's watch this. >> we have to unmask this man. this is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of god. i tell you what. this is classical marxist philosophy. karl marx very clearly said it. marxism requires we destroy god because government must become god. >> senator cruz's office told mother jones quote, pastor...
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not obama care. maybe they would have been more reasonable in working with you on that then. >> that's very interesting and very important point. >> take a look at this, congressman. speaker john boehner brought the economy to the brink by taking us to the edge of a default. yet today he told reporters that the gop's fight against the aca, the affordable care act, is really about growing the economy. that's his concern. let's take a listen. >> obama care is like a wet blanket over our economy. american people are looking for more jobs, better wages. but with all the uncertainty around this law, employers are having a very difficult time making decisions. it's time to delay this. it's time to fix this before it gets any worse. >> you know, congressman, hold your ears, but i said a comment -- i used a comment i don't usually use. what do these guys want obama to do? he's talking about a wet blanket. this guy is killing our enemies the way w couldn't with his rooting tooting gi joe talk. this president
not obama care. maybe they would have been more reasonable in working with you on that then. >> that's very interesting and very important point. >> take a look at this, congressman. speaker john boehner brought the economy to the brink by taking us to the edge of a default. yet today he told reporters that the gop's fight against the aca, the affordable care act, is really about growing the economy. that's his concern. let's take a listen. >> obama care is like a wet blanket...
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renditions continue under president obama. assassination has been normalized as a central expoant not as though we haven't had the history before in the country. it's been normalized by this president the central component of what is called america's national security policy. >>> up next on booktv after "after words." this "how cancer becomes us." in it the former cancer not financial interest of the country to find a cure. she argues that each cancer patient generates millions of dollar in revenue for the health care industry. and other industries benefit from the high incident of the disease as well. the program is about an hour. .. i wrote about cigarettes in y
renditions continue under president obama. assassination has been normalized as a central expoant not as though we haven't had the history before in the country. it's been normalized by this president the central component of what is called america's national security policy. >>> up next on booktv after "after words." this "how cancer becomes us." in it the former cancer not financial interest of the country to find a cure. she argues that each cancer patient...
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it's just we who don't like barack obama who want our guns who don't want obama care, we're the real americans. so it's not as if we have a culturally politically diverse country going on. and we go back and forth in between who wins and loses in policy fights, it's about what ask the real america. i think it has tremendously deep religious roots as well. >> i didn't start out the way i am politically. i moved from right to left. and i began even in college or younger i thought we do need social security. everybody can't end up on welfare because they didn't have enough real savings out of their work. you need a program to get people to save. and you need medicare for people who don't have health. nobody could pay the health care costs these days on their own. and you need civil rights. you can't wait for the southern states to agree 3/4 of the states. there had to be measures to move society ahead. that's when i started thinking through the libertarianism as a kid. but when cruz offers this libertarianism for kids like we don't really need social security or medicare. we don't need
it's just we who don't like barack obama who want our guns who don't want obama care, we're the real americans. so it's not as if we have a culturally politically diverse country going on. and we go back and forth in between who wins and loses in policy fights, it's about what ask the real america. i think it has tremendously deep religious roots as well. >> i didn't start out the way i am politically. i moved from right to left. and i began even in college or younger i thought we do need...
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i know where president obama stands on this. the president believes we have a moral obligation to the next generation to the our land, our water and wildlife better than we found it. that's why he launched the america's great outdoors program in 2010, and i was pleased as a businessperson to participate in the. it's why he's taken confidence of action to cut carbon pollution and slow the effects of climate change that i've seen every time i've been out in the resource. that's why he's used his authority time and again to protect some of the places that americans love most. and my conversation with the president, he told me how his visit to national parks with his mom and grandmother shaped him as a young man. how he shared the same experience with his daughter at the rim of grand canyon. a place that was set aside for future generations, even as her country was growing by leaves and downs. in remarks last year, president obama invoked the words of leopold money as the conversation is not just about doing nothing, it's about doin
i know where president obama stands on this. the president believes we have a moral obligation to the next generation to the our land, our water and wildlife better than we found it. that's why he launched the america's great outdoors program in 2010, and i was pleased as a businessperson to participate in the. it's why he's taken confidence of action to cut carbon pollution and slow the effects of climate change that i've seen every time i've been out in the resource. that's why he's used his...
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can she hold the obama coalition? but also peel off some of the blue collar white voters who clinton was so adept at getting. never one north carolina. certainly that would be on their list of want to win states should she win. but it's hard to see that somebody was going to get in this race. >> i also think in the number of shows that people are craving moderation. there's a real opening for someone like hillary clinton who has a fairly mainstream body of corporations. >> she's got an article saying it has to be a different team this time than the team she used in the last presidential campaign. >> that's right. a lot of fighting from that team. they sort of frittered away a lot of money in iowa. i still think the big hurdle that hillary clinton is going to have to pass is that she is from the 90s. sure she is a contemporary now. but presidential contests are always about the future. and that's why you get somebody in there like chris christie. he is going to be able to say he's something new and fresh, who wants to
can she hold the obama coalition? but also peel off some of the blue collar white voters who clinton was so adept at getting. never one north carolina. certainly that would be on their list of want to win states should she win. but it's hard to see that somebody was going to get in this race. >> i also think in the number of shows that people are craving moderation. there's a real opening for someone like hillary clinton who has a fairly mainstream body of corporations. >> she's got...
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sure, if you remember obama was going through a really tough time. a lot of democrats were wondering if it would be a very good move. but at the end of the day and if you remember at the point where it was the biden vice presidential debate, it was joe biden who actually brought obama back from the brink. and i don't think obama ever really considered this, and according to the book and to people that i've talked to, it was never brought to him. so, i think joe biden should be feeling a-ok because i think he understands that this president really has a lot of respect for him, never considered dumping him as the book says and that it's all just a bunch of fun, washington chatter. >> and -- go ahead, kevin. >> joe biden is very human. he's even more than human, you could even say, right? so i bet you there's probably -- >> what do you mean by that? what do you mean by that! >> there's going to be a lot of awkward silences in their weekly lunch. but i will agree with maria. having been on the side of the aisle here i never, ever thought that they would
sure, if you remember obama was going through a really tough time. a lot of democrats were wondering if it would be a very good move. but at the end of the day and if you remember at the point where it was the biden vice presidential debate, it was joe biden who actually brought obama back from the brink. and i don't think obama ever really considered this, and according to the book and to people that i've talked to, it was never brought to him. so, i think joe biden should be feeling a-ok...
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so unless president obama, and here's the case, unless president obama is willing and able to help president rouhani would have a short honeymoon. and a chance for a breakthrough with the islamic republic will be lost. but the challenges president obama faces are no less serious. though they are more manageable. while many of the sanctions are written in laws and are controlled by the congress, they also give the president maximum leeway, the power to weight. but to use the power to weight or to waiver, the white house must certify that the full enforcement of the law will harm american national interest. the state department has used the waiver to allow a few countries -- eight countries i believe -- to continue buying iranian crude oil at a much reduced level. but will president obama used the waiver more boldly? i doubt that he will. obama has been a risk adverse president when it comes to public hated international matters. he also has many fights to settle with the congress. and will not want to add iran to his fighting basket. but president obama has also a state in seeing the iranian
so unless president obama, and here's the case, unless president obama is willing and able to help president rouhani would have a short honeymoon. and a chance for a breakthrough with the islamic republic will be lost. but the challenges president obama faces are no less serious. though they are more manageable. while many of the sanctions are written in laws and are controlled by the congress, they also give the president maximum leeway, the power to weight. but to use the power to weight or...
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the thing that held the republican back in the obama era. the tea party that appears to have republicans headed for defeat. the party was taken over by the conservative wing on the swing state. the president on sunday have painted the general cuccinelli as an extremist and do their best to link him to the tea party in washington. you have seen an extreme faction of the republican party that has shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and the economy and grind progress to an absolute halt if they don't get 100% of what they want. >> it was ken couch nell whoa brought ted to richmond two weeks ago. can you imagine if they ran the virginia government? >> cuccinelli joined on saturday, but wisconsin governor scott walker is trying to turn it into a referendum and trying to make it a referendum on the president himself. >> i am glad to have it here today too. on tuesday virginia can send a message to washington, d.c. and the rest of america and tell them no more denial of freedom for patien
the thing that held the republican back in the obama era. the tea party that appears to have republicans headed for defeat. the party was taken over by the conservative wing on the swing state. the president on sunday have painted the general cuccinelli as an extremist and do their best to link him to the tea party in washington. you have seen an extreme faction of the republican party that has shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and...
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and it's also the state barack obama won. one year later after a gop autopsy and a vow to rebrand, they haven't learned anything. any moment dozens of senate republicans are expected to vote against a gay rights law that would ban discrimination against gay and lesbian employees in the workplace. that's 39 republicans who didn't get the memo. why? because they haven't learned anything. what about women's rights? republican senator lindsey graham is now launching a new fight against a woman's right to choose. calling for a 20-week abortion ban. >> i've been a pro-life member of congress since day one. i'm proud to lead this charge. >> todd akin was once proud to lead this charge. how'd that work out? again, they haven't learned anything. and this extreme ideology is particularly bad. look at virginia. the republican candidate for governor ken cuccinelli is as far right as they come. he thinks same-sex relationships are immoral, wants to ban abortions with no exception, and once said it's possible the president was born in keny
and it's also the state barack obama won. one year later after a gop autopsy and a vow to rebrand, they haven't learned anything. any moment dozens of senate republicans are expected to vote against a gay rights law that would ban discrimination against gay and lesbian employees in the workplace. that's 39 republicans who didn't get the memo. why? because they haven't learned anything. what about women's rights? republican senator lindsey graham is now launching a new fight against a woman's...
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block obama. you are our ballast between progressivism and a growing economy. >> isn't this why we're seeing such gridlock? because republicans feel their mission is to just block president obama? >> absolutely. and you've got to look back at the contrast. democrats were in the minority, they were the opposition party. what they did was they fought for what they believed in and worked with the republicans to get things done. this gang of republicans, once they got in the majority they say no, no, no. look, we are -- with president obama in the white house, they said our mission is not to work with him. from the beginning as cynthia pointed out, from the beginning they pointed out their mission is to oppose every single thing. i've got news for laura ingraham and the other guys, they're there to solve problems. they're there to fix things. they're not there to block things. that started with newt gingrich and the congress and has been wrong ever since. >> you know, cynthia, last week president obam
block obama. you are our ballast between progressivism and a growing economy. >> isn't this why we're seeing such gridlock? because republicans feel their mission is to just block president obama? >> absolutely. and you've got to look back at the contrast. democrats were in the minority, they were the opposition party. what they did was they fought for what they believed in and worked with the republicans to get things done. this gang of republicans, once they got in the majority...
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what is the point of our opposition to obama? obviously, you know, with the obama care rollout, as a great example, of something that's going disastrously for the president, and,alternative, bote republicans' poll numbers and the president's poll numbers have sunk. we heard mike lee, a tea party senator from utah give a speech earlier this year saying, kind of speaking to the movement, the conservative movement and saying a lot of us like to believe that the reagan revolution redux is around the corner. what we're missing is the idea, we don't have an agenda. >> thank you for admitting that. isn't this republican opposition strategy simply time limited? because if the website works by the end of november and people come to the conclusion they actually have health insurance they prefer, what are republicans left with? i mean, defending individual plans that had no holes than swiss cheese. is that it? >> well, to the extent there is a strategy as opposed to just reflexive opposition, the idea is to make this so unpopular that the y
what is the point of our opposition to obama? obviously, you know, with the obama care rollout, as a great example, of something that's going disastrously for the president, and,alternative, bote republicans' poll numbers and the president's poll numbers have sunk. we heard mike lee, a tea party senator from utah give a speech earlier this year saying, kind of speaking to the movement, the conservative movement and saying a lot of us like to believe that the reagan revolution redux is around...
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how much worse does the obama administration's incompetence get? what will it take for the president to admit that his health care law has been a train wreck and that he'll have to delay it for at least a year? we know he's going to have to do it at least eventually. there is no way awful these problems will going to get fixed quickly and he's going to have to delay the individual mandate shall naindz says every american must buy, have, and prove they have health insurance and who's the enforcer? the i.r.s., the internal revenue service. the president should just go ahead and do it now and also delay all the other parts of the law, not just the mandate. it's time for president obama to really come clean with the american people about what his administration knew and then come to the table to work with republicans and give people the real health care reform that they need, that they want and that they deserve so people can get the care they want from a doctor they choose at lower cost. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. hatch: mr. pres
how much worse does the obama administration's incompetence get? what will it take for the president to admit that his health care law has been a train wreck and that he'll have to delay it for at least a year? we know he's going to have to do it at least eventually. there is no way awful these problems will going to get fixed quickly and he's going to have to delay the individual mandate shall naindz says every american must buy, have, and prove they have health insurance and who's the...
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and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no excuse for it. apologize. >> i am accountable to you for fixing these problems. >> taking the blame. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly, whatever. >> we are working overtime to improve it every day. >> that's good news. >> this is the hall where. >> mitt romney. >> pick any othe
and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no...
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president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't trying to help. yeah. it's hard. but i
president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't...
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a senior obama or official said that it's easier to sign up now. the website will be running smoothly for most people by the
a senior obama or official said that it's easier to sign up now. the website will be running smoothly for most people by the
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, and obama care. not once has he stepped up and given a solution to the 50 million americans who don't have health care. another thing that catches my attention is that over 10% of america's largest companies pay zero percent tax rate. i would like to know where the big target shooter stands on that. does he think that's fair for average americans? that 10 percent of meramerica's largest companies pay zero percent? never answers those kinds of questions because the conservative media protects those folks. cruz cares about protecting his big money corporate interests, and he's always at work. he wants those folks to put him in office. and you know what, as of late, there is no better example than his most recent stunt. pay attention, folks. ted cruz is blocking president obama's nominee for chairman of the federal communications commission. now, the president has nominated ex tell com industry lobbyist tom wheeler. good guy. wants him to head up the fcc. now, of course, there are five seats on the fede
, and obama care. not once has he stepped up and given a solution to the 50 million americans who don't have health care. another thing that catches my attention is that over 10% of america's largest companies pay zero percent tax rate. i would like to know where the big target shooter stands on that. does he think that's fair for average americans? that 10 percent of meramerica's largest companies pay zero percent? never answers those kinds of questions because the conservative media protects...
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obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your dputty administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago, where we are sitting, that cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently and simply and securely, end quote. and yet according to forbes, and the wall street journal, you told them that you need five years of construction and one year of testing. the program crashed and burned at least three times and the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down at this moment. my question, ma'am is very simple. when did you know these changes were going down? a month, a day, a quarter? and did you tell the president what you knew? >> sir, i was informed that we were ready to launch on october 1st and the contractors who we had as our private partners told us and told this committee that
obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your dputty administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago, where we are sitting, that cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently and simply and securely, end quote. and yet according to forbes, and the wall street journal, you told them that you need...